Andhra Vaishnavas is a Brahmin community in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana who follow Ramanuja Vishishtadvaita Vedanta Darshana and profess Sri Vaishnavism.[1]
^Singh, Kumar Suresh (1998). India's Communities: N - Z. Oxford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
Vaishnavas generally speak Tamil, however, AndhraVaishnavas are Telugu-speaking. Orthodox Sri Vaishnavas are exclusive and hold that they co-existed...
Mamunigal. The Telugu Brahmins of the Sri Vaishnava tradition form a single distinct sect called the AndhraVaishnavas, and are not divided into the Vadakalai...
Madhva Vaishnavas or Sadh Vaishnavas or Madhvas (also spelled as Madhwas) are Hindu communities in India, who follow Sadh Vaishnavism and Dvaita philosophy...
service (seva) within the community. These help Vaishnavas socialize and form a community identity. Vaishnavas mark their foreheads with tilaka made up of...
neither Chandidas nor Maladhar Basu were Vaishnavas, they were to lay the foundation for much of the following Vaishnava poetry in Bengal. Vaishnavism in Bengal...
have conquered Andhra region around 3rd century CE. The community is divided into sects based on Sampradaya as Shaivas and Vaishnavas. While the Shaivas...
Madhva Brahmins (also often referred as Madhvas or Sadh-Vaishnavas), are Hindu Brahmin communities in India, who follow Sadh Vaishnavism (Sanskrit: सद्वैष्णवसम्प्रदाय)...
as Deshmukhs and Chowdarys. Golconda Vyaparis are Vaishnavas and have both Madhvas and Sri Vaishnavas among them. Majority of them are followers of Madhva...
word vyapari means trader. Golconda Vyaparis are Vaishnavas and have both Madhvas and Sri Vaishnavas among them. Telugu Madhvas and Deshastha Madhvas...
became a great Vaishnava centre during the time of Ramanujacharya in 11th century, from where Srivaishnavism spread to other parts of Andhra Desa. Srikurmam...
architecture, dated back to the 4th-5th century CE. Most Gupta emperors were Vaishnavas; Many sculptures of the deity Narasimha, as well as other legends of Vishnu...
rows of mandapas built. Sri Vaishnavas claim that Krishnadevaraya himself was formally initiated into the Sri Vaishnava tradition and that's why he wrote...
word "vyapari" means trader. While Niyogis were Smartas, Vyaparis are Vaishnavas. In Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, there are some sections of Niyogis such...
is the presiding deity of the Venkateshwara Temple, located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. Venkateshwara is also known by various other names. The...
The Ahobila Matam is a Vadakalai Sri Vaishnava monastery established around 1400 CE at Ahobilam in Andhra Pradesh, India following the Vadakalai tradition...
of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka and Gujarat. They wear the sacred thread, follow Hinduism and are mainly Vaishnavas, though...
has developed 58 temples since 1933, mostly in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, and Telangana. It most recently opened a temple in Jammu...
India, they are spread across the states of Tamil Nadu (84), Kerala (11), Andhra Pradesh (2), Gujarat (1), Uttar Pradesh (4), and Uttarakhand (3). Muktinath...
northern Tamil Nadu. and Namadhari Dasari in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. Ramanujacharya Sri Vaishnava Kamat, Suryanatha (1993). Karnataka State...
local deities like Murugan/Kartikeya) and Vaishnavas (who also worshipped local deities like Tirumāl). The Vaishnava Alvars and Shaiva Nayanars and, who lived...
Kondamotu in Coastal Andhra. Other older known artworks of Narasimha have been found at several sites across Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, such as at...
West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Palakollu is situated in Coastal Andhra region of the state. It occupies 4.685 square kilometres...
and Canada, where he performed Yagnas. Chinna Jeeyar Swami was born in Andhra Pradesh, Arthmur near Rajamundry, in a traditional vedic family. His grandfather...
Parameshvari is a Hindu goddess, primarily revered by the Komati community of Andhra Pradesh. She is primarily recognised by her adherents as a virgin form of...
in different states. While Orissa celebrates this as Vaisakha Sankranti, Andhra Pradesh celebrates Vaisakha Shukla Paksha Dashami, Kerala celebrates it...
playback singer Raghava Reddy, philanthropist & businessman from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India Raghav (actor), Indian actor Raghav (singer), Indo-Canadian...
located in Tamil Nadu, one in Andhra Pradesh,one in Uttar Pradesh, one in Jammu & Kashmir and one in China. Eight Vaishnava Temples are associated with...
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